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Welcome to Yeager ...

Yeager is located in Kankakee County<1>.

Yeager is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Yeager lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Yeager (for example, toward Ambia (IN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Yeager: 815 & 779<3>

Communities Also Named Yeager ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Yeager - they are located in Arkansas, Kentucky (2), Maryland and Oklahoma.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Yeager.

Websites for Yeager ...

Junior League:   www.jlkankakee.org/

Communities near Yeager ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Yeager.

  • Kankakee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Park Forest
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Bourbonnais
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Bradley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cedar Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Richton Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Lowell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lowell is located in Lake County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,137 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lowell <4>
  • Steger
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Manteno
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Crete
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Yeager. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Yeager.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Yeager. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Yeager.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Yeager. See our Newspapers Page for Yeager.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yeager ...

Looking for more information about Yeager? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Yeager, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Yeager.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Kankakee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Yeager - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 815 code has been Overlayed with the 779 area code. New phone numbers in the Yeager area will be assigned with one of these codes: 815 or 779. As a result, placing a call in the Yeager area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.